Greece’s donation of 20,000 AstraZeneca vaccines has arrived in North Macedonia, Health Minister Venko Filipche posted Tuesday on Facebook.
“Today, we received a donation of 20,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from our friends in the Greek government. This support from the Greek government, Greek Ambassador Roussos Koundouros and the Greek people means a lot to us,” read Filipche’s post.
Solidarity between friendly countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Minister added, highlights the importance of unity during the immunization process, the only way to beat the coronavirus.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in Brussels at the end of May that Greece is considering offering direct bilateral assistance to neighboring counties.
A few days later, Minister Filipche said that North Macedonia expects 50,000 vaccines from Bulgaria and 20,000 from Greece.
At the beginning of June, Greek government spokesperson Aristotelia Peloni told MIA’s Athens correspondent during a regular press briefing that in coordination with the European Commission, Greece will deliver 20,000 doses of vaccines each to North Macedonia and Albania.
On Monday, Greece delivered a batch of 20,000 AstraZeneca jabs to Albania.
